Re: Correcting a foreigner (was: CONCULTURE: Ayeri calendar again)
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, February 9, 2005, 7:02 |
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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 23:47:52 +0200
From: Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>
Subject: Correcting a foreigner (was: CONCULTURE: Ayeri calendar again)
> I personally would prefer to be corrected privately. I still don't know how
> to react at Adrian Morgan's commentary on Monday, January 31, 2005 2:34 PM:
> <<I gotta ask what a homosexualist is. Someone who believes in
> homosexuals?>>
> Is this intended to mean that my English in most cases is so much good that
> a minor mistake must be mocked in public?
I don't think Adrian intended that as a snub, but I suppose he could
have been more careful in an electronic forum like this. It might
be that in English the -ist suffix entails adherence to a profession
or ideology than it does in Russian; I don't know enough Russian to
judge.
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